Pop! Design. Culture. Fashion at the Fashion and Textile Museum

NB This exhibition closes on 27th October.

In the 1950s a new wave of rock-n-roll and youth culture from America swept the country and the world. The mix of popular images and music with art and fashion would change the way people dressed - blurring the boundaries of commerce, culture and style.

POP! will explore the impact of music, art and personality on the development of the fashion of the times. From the poodle skirts and embellished leathers of the rockers through to the Punk era, this exhibition will take in the cool stylings of the Mods, the high baroque of Psychedelia and the kitsch glamour of 70s retro by designers such as Mr Freedom and Miss Mouse.

Highlights will include items from Elton John’s personal wardrobe, purple flares worn by Donovan, the pop-art fashions of Mary Quant as well as Quant’s early modernist pieces from the original Bazaar, and original pieces from Westwood and McLaren’s Sex. Furniture, original posters and graphics and promotional materials will help to set the scene while an “I’m Backing Britain” display will create a dramatic centrepiece.

The exhibition will provide new insight into 20 years of popular culture from the collection of Target Gallery, London which is one of the most comprehensive private collections of its kind.

Exhibition Dates: 6 Jul - 27 Oct 2012
Open Tuesday to Saturday, 11am - 6pm 
Last Admissions 5.15pm
Closed Sunday and Monday

Ticket Price:£7 for adults 
£5 for students and concessions
50% off full price ticket for Art Fund members

Tickets may be purchased in person on the day of the visit or in advance by telephone. Tickets are subject to availability; no booking fee applies. Exhibition ticket booking line: 020 7407 8664

(Fashion and Textile Museum website, http://www.ftmlondon.org/exhibitions/future/detail/?ID=69

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